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Atvangarua. 

 Panahi. 

 (4.) Dark purple skin and flesh — 

 Makururangi. 

 Kauutoivhau. 

 Kengo. 



* Pokerekaahu, very dark throughout. 



* Anurangi. 

 Matakauri. 



Poranga, dark claret flesh. 



Kaikaka, very dark throughout. 

 2. Varieties in Hawke's Bay and on the East Coast (exclusive of those, 

 also cultivated by them, already entered in List No. 1, and 

 marked with an *) : — 



Tutaetara. 



Tokouu. 



Kaivakawataivhiti. 



Kairoroivhare. 



Haivere. 



Paihaukaka. 



Ngakomoa, 



Raumataki. 



Taputini. 



Maori. 



Pehu. 



Kaawau. 



Tutaanga. 



Kiirararangi. 



Patea, 



Kiokiorangi, 

 I do not consider the foregoing lists as being anything like exhaustive 

 (indeed I have the names of a few others from the north which I purposely 

 keep back) ; many of them I have both seen and eaten, 40 years ago and 

 more. My two lists I havo obtained from six sources, three north and 

 three east coast, extending over 35 years, and I have been surprised at their 

 great general uniformity. In all, the sort called parakaraka is said to be 

 " the oldest variety " ; the lists from the East Coast did not clearly specify 

 the differences. 



Appendix B. 

 " I suspected the cause," says Mr. Knight, "of the constant failure of the 

 early potato to produce seeds, to be the preternatarally early formation of 



